Dr. Silkworth, Bill Wilson’s physician, told him two important things. First, he told Bill that he was a sick person, he suffered from a genuine illness called alcoholism. Second, he told Bill that the illness, alcoholism, was hopeless as there was, and still is, no effective treatment. Thus the person w this illness, if he does not stop drinking, which is highly unlikely because of the loss of control, the obsession w the first drink, and those moments of temporary insanity...
